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James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger Jr. (/ ˈ b ʌ l dʒ ər / ⓘ; September 3, 1929 – October 30, 2018) was an American organized crime boss who led the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish Mob group based in the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, northwest of Boston.
The Winter Hill Gang was a loose confederation of American organized crime figures in the Boston, Massachusetts area. It was generally considered an Irish Mob organization, with most gang members and the leadership consisting predominantly of Irish-Americans, although some notable members, such as Stephen Flemmi and Johnny Martorano, are of Italian-American descent.
Tomasso Petto (25–26) was both a mobster and the top hitman of the Morello crime family, who was operating in New York and was active in the early 1900s. Sometime in 1905, Petto died after being stabbed outside his home located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. [11] His killer was never found.
He was born "Louis R. Lataif-Litif", and carried the nicknames "Little Louis" and "Disco Louie". He was the son of Francophone Lebanese parents who were immigrants from what was then known as the Lebanese Republic.
The grave of George Freeman. George David Freeman (22 January 1935 – 20 March 1990) was an Australian bookmaker, racing identity and illegal casino operator. [2] [3] He was linked to the Sydney drug trade during the 1970s and 1980s, was named in several Royal Commissions into organised crime and had links with American crime figures.
Fast forward to 2023, federal prosecutors in New York on 8 November announced the arrest of 16 members and associates of the Gambino crime family following an international operation alongside ...
Whitstable Pearl is a British crime drama television series broadcast and produced by Acorn TV, based on the Whitstable Pearl novels by Julie Wassmer. [1] It stars Kerry Godliman as Pearl Nolan, the single mother of a grown son, who, as well as being a private detective, runs the titular seafood restaurant with her mum in the English coastal town.
Two upstate New York properties connected to the notorious Gambino crime family are now being searched for human remains – days after 10 alleged mob members and associates were busted in a ...